The German Conference on Health Services Research (Deutscher Kongress für Versorgungsforschung, DKVF) is an excellent platform for scientific exchange. This year, the aim is to intensify the exchange between the disciplines Health Services Research and Implementation Science, and to identify common ground. We want to discuss the question together: How can we combine the expertise of health services research and implementation science more effectively than in the past, so that beneficial changes in everyday health care and in the health care system as a whole can be realised more efficiently?